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Aug 22, 1991 · Leonore Gershwin; Widow of Musical Theater Lyricist. L.A. Times Archives. Aug. 22, 1991 12 AM PT. Leonore Gershwin, the wife of lyricist Ira Gershwin, has died of the complications of age,...
Leonore Gershwin, the wife of lyricist Ira Gershwin, has died of the complications of age, her nephew said Wednesday. She was 90. Mrs. Gershwin, who spent much of her final years preserving the legacy of her husband and his brother, composer George Gershwin, died Tuesday at her home in Beverly Hills, which is decorated with the brothers' self ...
Aug 25, 1991 · By New York Times News Service. PUBLISHED: August 25, 1991 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 10, 2021 at 10:36 a.m. Leonore Strunsky Gershwin, the widow of famed lyricist Ira Gershwin, died...
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Ira and George Gershwin in Beverly Hills, 1937. Photo courtesy of the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts. But the most credible origin of George’s “wife” continues to be the radio gaffe, which was memorialized, and well-mocked, by several newspapers in the mid-1950s.
That this collection should be housed in the Library of Congress is the result of the interest and efforts of several people, foremost among them, Ira and Leonore Gershwin. After George's death in 1937, Ira devoted considerable energy to organizing his brother's documentary legacy.
Aug 23, 1991 · Leonore Strunsky Gershwin, the lyricist Ira Gershwin's wife of 56 years, died on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age of 90. After Mr. Gershwin's death in 1981 at the age of...
Apr 2, 1993 · Leonore Gershwin, the greedy, imperious wife of George’s mild-mannered brother and lyricist, Ira, badgered him and, when he was clearly ill and increasingly clumsy, more or less threw him out...
